Denny Spent a Bunch of Money, Forgot to Say

Just about the time that former Speaker Denny Hastert was promising not to run for reelection, recently revealed documents show he was also settling a case with the FEC . See, he sorta kinda maybe spent $150K of his reelection campaign money on legal bills in the whole didn't-prevent-Foley-from-molesting-boys thingie -- which is itself perfectly legal, go campaign finance "reform"! -- but he forgot to tell anyone in his FEC filings because he probably didn't want all his donors to know that he was spending the money defending his incompetence instead of getting reelected. Total cost to Hastert for disobeying the disclosure law: $1,000. He didn't face anything harsher than an Ethics Committee rebuke for not stopping Foley, though. Justice is so sweet, isn't it? [ Washington Post ]